OK ... the other day, older Son and I made a walmart run for some things. I parked in a little different place than I usually do. We went in, we got our stuff, we came out. There was a white SUV within view, and Son says, "Is that our vehicle?" I said, confidently, "Yes." I started clicking the little button on the key fob to make the back hatch door open automatically. Nothing was happening. Sometimes you have to be right by it for that to work, so as we got closer, I was really clicking the snot out of that button, trying to get the hatch to open. Then ... about the same time ... I noticed a dealer sticker that I didn't recognize, and Son noticed a ball hitch on the bumper. "THIS ISN'T OUR VEHICLE!!!" We looked the other direction across the aisle, and THERE was our vehicle, patiently waiting. So we hot-footed it over there, hoping the owners didn't see us trying to invade their vehicle! I suppose all that time I was clicking the button like a mad-woman, our back hatch door was probably going "open - shut - open - shut - open ..." Hilarious. Embarrassing and hilarous. I think we laughed all the way out of the parking lot.
A few years back, again in the wallyworld parking lot at the old store, I almost got into another car that looked 'way too similar to ours. And to be REALLY embarrassing, the lady came out while I was trying to figure out why my key wouldn't work! And to be REALLY, REALLY embarrassing, I knew her from our small town! She laughed, and told me her own story. She once actually GOT IN the wrong vehicle. As she sat there, she looked down and saw a pair of shoes that WEREN'T HERS. She said she got out of there awfully fast!
Can't blame any of this on "middle-age," can I?
I've done that. At the post office. And I got IN. First words in my head were "wow--my car is really clean...uhoh." HAHA. Thats what happens when you live in a small town and don't lock your car doors!
ReplyDeleteAnd Jacob ALMOST did this the other day. And I, being the wonderful caring mom that I am, just stopped and smiled and watched what was happening. He got to the car, went to open it, looked confused for a sec and then said ohhh.
LOL, Becky! I'm glad I'm not alone. :)
ReplyDeleteI remember working at Greensburg YEARS ago. .and one of the girls came in laughing. She had gotten into the WRONG mini van in the employee parking lot. .putting in her keys. .STARTING the car AND driving around the block before she realized her key had just started someone else's minivan that was a replica of her own!! What are the odds of that happening!! I still chuckle about that!
ReplyDeleteNow that's bad if you could actually start the vehicle and drive it! LOL!!!!!
ReplyDeleteHaven't we ALL done that at some point? Just last month, I took my cousin to the doctor and we took his car, and when we came out, I walked up to the car and couldn't get the key to open the door. I'm loudly complaining that his stupid key won't work, when I look up and he's standing 2 cars away at the right car going "Ahem . . . ahem!" He's never gonna let me live it down.
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